Dec 8, 2018
Dir: Lila Alviles | Cartol | Drama | Mexico | 90′
The Chambermaid plays the same thematic tune as two other festival winners this Summer: Golden Lion winner Roma and In...
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Dec 8, 2018
Dir: Hajooj Kuka | Cast: Abdallah Ahur, Ganja Chakado, Ekram Marcus, Kamal Ramadan | Drama | 78’
Akasha is the feature debut of South Sudanese documentarian Hajooj Kuka, Set in the...
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Dec 8, 2018
We spoke to Competition Jury member Lynne Ramsay to talk about her latest project and the film that most impressed her as a child growing up in Glasgow.
Known for her...
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Dec 7, 2018
Dir: Ahmed Magdy | 75’ | Drama, Egypt
Ahmed Magdy was the star turn in Ahmad Abdalla’s lively musical drama Microphone (2010), Giraffe is his first feature film after three short...
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Dec 7, 2018
Dir: Nadine Labaki | Drama | 105’
Nadine Labaki gained international acclaim with her delightfully upbeat debut Caramel, set around a women’s hair salon in Beirut. Here she casts non-professional actors...
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Dec 6, 2018
Dir.: Nadejda Koseva; Cast: Martina Apostolova, Hristo Ushev, Kasiel Noah-Asher, Irina Jambonas, Alexander Kossev, Krassimir Dokov; Bulgaria 2018, 96 min.
Nadejda Koseva's debut drama very much echoes the work of her...
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Dec 6, 2018
Dir: Tony Richardson | Writers: Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson | Cast: Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Dora Bryan, John Danquah, Robert Stephens | UK | Drama | 101'
“Kitchen sink drama” is...
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Dec 6, 2018
Dir: Benjamin Naishtat | Cast: Alfredo Castro, Dario Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Diego Cremonesi | Drama | Argentina | 109'
Benjamin Naishtat captures the existential angst of Argentina's Dirty Wars era in...
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Dec 5, 2018
Dir.: Andy Serkis; Cast: Rohan Chand, Matthew Rice, Freida Pinto and the voices of Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis; USA/UK 2018, 104 min.
Do we really need a...
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